Quand on fait ses foins, et qu'on veut surveiller de trop ces faucheurs.

Item Information

Title:
Quand on fait ses foins, et qu'on veut surveiller de trop ces faucheurs.
Title (alt.):
When one makes hay one should not be too close to the reapers.. Charivari
Description:
Literally translated, "Faire ses foins" means: to feather one's nest. This print shows the difference between town and country people. The city dweller may have bought the farm and the land that goes with it, but he will never understand the work done by a farmer. Being estranged from nature, he helplessly faces the threat of the scythe (revolution) and is no match for the powerful, healthy peasant (worker).
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1846
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Agricultural land
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Scythes
Country life in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35.5 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1793
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, April 29, 1846.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1436